Heiner Geißler and the "New Social Question" (1969)
While the social-liberal coalition emphasized the success of its socio-political reform policies, Heiner Geißler, the CDU’s social affairs minister in Rhineland-Palatinate, claimed that a “New Social....

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Hanns-Martin Schleyer and Walter Arendt (1971)
In the middle of the 1960s, after the “Economic Miracle” [Wirtschaftswunder] had subsided, signs of a serious economic crisis began to appear in West Germany. To combat this crisis, key players....

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Ralf Dahrendorf (1972)
As a scholar, politician, and intellectual, Ralf Dahrendorf was particularly influential in shaping the debates about the liberalization of West German society....

Home for the Elderly in Reutlingen (1977)
As life expectancy in the Federal Republic increased and the birthrate declined, the number of people over age 65 increased from approximately 8.12 million in 1970 to 9.127 million in 1985. In 1970,....